Boot and shoe sole protector.



P. GENEGAND.

BOOT AND SHOE SOLE PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 1913.

1,1 15,304, Patented 0013.27, 1914.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FiiLIX GENEGAND, diamond-setter, a citizen of Switzerland, residing at Geneva, Canton of Geneva, in the Confederation of Switzerland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boot and Shoe Sole Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to protectors for the soles of boots and shoes, especially for mountain shoes.

The characteristic feature of my improved shoe sole protector is, that the parts thereof which come into contact with the ground are shaped like one or more teeth of reotangular cross section which touch the ground edgewise.

The protector may consist of a plate to be applied closely against the sole or heel, thereby evenly distributing the strain eX- erted upon the teeth provided on the one side of the plate while on the other side there are points which are to be driven into the leather of the sole in order to fasten the protector in position. The teeth and points are preferably made integral with the plate. I may also make the teeth and points in one piece and rivet the same to the plate; each tooth of rectangular shape being riveted to the plate on one side and forming the corresponding point or points on the other side. There may also be employed with the plates a combination of the integral teeth and points with the riveted form of teeth. The points may also be made in a particular shape in order to obtain a good hold in the leather, the tops thereof being beveled on one side and hollowed out on the other side, so as to bend over when'being driven into the sole, thus forming counterhooks which cannot fail to secure the tip to the sole.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a front elevation of one form of my invention, Fig. 1 is a plan view thereof, Fig. l is a section on line a--ZJ, Fig. 1 and Fig. 1 is an inverted plan thereof. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a modification of my invention, Fig. 2 is a plan thereof, Fig. 2 is a section on line A-B, Fig. 2 and Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of another modification of the invention, Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is an inverted plan thereof. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a further modification of the invention, Fig. 4 is a side elevation Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

Application filed. August 5, 1913. Serial No. 782,753.

thereof, Fig. 4 is an inverted plan of the same. Fig. 5 is a front elevation offa still further modified form of the invention, Fig. 5 s a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 5 is an inverted plan thereof, and Fig. 6 is a plan view of a further modified form of my invention.

The form shown in Figs. 1, 1 1 and 1 is made with a plate N for evenly distributing the strain of the teeth on the sole or heel and another plate is secured thereto by a rivet 0 One side of this other plate forms a tooth O and on the other side of the plate N there are two points 0 each having a hollowed part on one edge and a beveled top onthe other edge and which are to be driven into the leather. The beveled top edge of the two points 0 together with the hollowed edge thereon, are so made 1n order that the points, when driven into the leather, will be deflected because of the beveled edge, and bent so as to approach each other, or be bent in the opposite direction, as shown in Figs. 4, 4 and 4 and in both constructions to provide two solid counterhooks for fastening the protector securely to the leather. Holes N are also provided in the plate N for fastening the same by tacks or pins to the sole or heel.

In Figs. 2, 2 2 and 2 is shown a plate N with the two points N bent upward, the tooth O and the two other points 0 with the rivet 0 which latter are made all out of the same piece and fixed to plate N in the same manner as shown in Figs. 1, 1 1 and 1 The form of Figs. 1, 1 1 and 1 may be varied in many ways: I have illustrated only two examples in Figs. 3, 3 3 and 4, 4 and 4 to show how the arrangement of the teeth may be varied, one tooth in the center of the plate or one at each end of it.

It will be observed, that while in all other figures the bevel edges of the two teeth are shown convergent, they are shown divergent in Figs. 4, 4 and 4 By this arrangement, the teeth will be deflected to the outside, or from each other, in order to form a double hook for fastening the protector securely to the leather. v

In Figs. 5, 5 and 5 and Fig. 6, protectors are shown shaped like the one illustrated in Figs. 1, 1 1 and 1, but with the plate N lengthened on one side so as to form a slender claw which at its end is either provided with ahole for a rivet or pointed. These shoe protectors are intended to be employed to protect the edges of a projecting sole, being placed so as to have the teeth near to the edge and to have the slender claws bent all around the edge of the sole with the riveting on the upper side, where the protectors vare riveted on, or by means of the pointed ends driven into the leather when these are employed, in order to'protect the outside edge of the sole in an eflicient manner.

These protectors may be employed side by side in rows, so as to form one continuous iron border for protection.

'These protectors may he made of soft steel, cemented steel, or hardened steel, or of soft iron, quite to suit their purpose and according to their use on ice, granite, limeroclr or other soil. The face of the teeth may be smooth or serrated, and a suitable tool may be employed for mounting these protectors on the shoes and in order to insure the points entering the sole normally Copies of this patent may be obtained for and to bending only after having begun to pierce the leather.

I claim as my invention:

A boot and shoe sole protector comprising a member of rectangular cross section forming at its extremity a tread surface,

claws extending from the said member and having beveled end portions and oppositely disposed" hooks at their respective extremi- .tics so as to be moved from their normal positions when forced into the sole of a'boot or shoe. to engage the same and secure the protector 1n posltion, and a plate positively secured to and extending at rlght angles from the said memberand adapted to icontact with the sole of a boot or shoe in order to distribute the strain on the said member s five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0.? 

